A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could backfire, several tech trade groups said. The provision, in a 2013 budget resolution ...
IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
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Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, “We stand with our ...
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As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections. The Marketplace Fairness Act, as it's named in both House and Senate ...
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Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require a losing plaintiff to pay legal costs in many patent infringement lawsuits, in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing court cases. The Saving High-Tech ...
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A large group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax for state and local governments, essentially raising the cost of many online purchases by 10 percent or more. ...
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Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, "We stand with our free ...
Tags: Haiti, TAAT Alliance, TPP
Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government agencies. Representatives Mike ...
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Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill over the objections of some privacy advocates and digital rights groups. As promised, Representatives Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, and C.A. ...
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Mobile app developers should provide real-time disclosures to users on the personal information they collect and get permission to collect sensitive information, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recommended. Mobile app developers ...
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Gasoline blended with 15% ethanol caused failure in a "substantial" portion of fuel pumps and other components in a test designed to represent 29 million vehicles approved to use the fuel, according to a study the Coordinating Research ...
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New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would nearly double the number of H-1B visas that companies can get each year to hire foreign high-skill workers, including technology employees. The Immigration ...
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Google, AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the top corporate spenders on lobbying the U.S. government in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to information released this week by the U.S. House of Representatives. In some other ...
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The National Bicycle Dealers Association wants its members to know that it is not endorsing a service being offered by the Lex Group. Lex Group LLC, a company based in Burnsville, Minnesota, sent a letter to NBDA dealers last week ...
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The full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday said it would not reconsider an August decision by a three-judge panel of the court that tossed out a key challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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